Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is within four percentage points of her old boss, former President Donald Trump, among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a new poll.
American Research Group Inc. survey. released Thursday found that 33% of likely GOP voters in the Granite State favor Trump while 29% favor Haley — the closest margin any primary poll in the country has shown in months.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie placed a distant third with 13% support, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (6%), biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (5%) and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (1%).
Of the remainder, 12% said they were undecided and 1% said they would support another candidate.
Among those who said they would definitely vote on Jan. 23, Trump edged Haley by one percentage point, 33% to 32%.
But Trump enjoyed a wider margin among likely primary voters, with 33% going for the 77-year-old, 18% for Ramaswamy, 14% for DeSantis, 9% for Christie and 8% for Haley, with 16% of those voters still undecided. making decisions. .
Nikki Haley is within four percentage points of former President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire Republican primary. AP Of likely GOP primary voters in New Hampshire, 33% favor Trump while 29% favor Haley, an American Research Group Inc. study found. found AP
Trump leads Haley by 12 percentage points among registered New Hampshire Republicans (39% to 27%), while Haley leads Trump by nine percentage points (33% to 24%) among undeclared voters, who are eligible to participate in the primary. .
Those undeclared voters are also the biggest source of support for Christie, with 23% saying they would support the former Garden State governor.
Haley also won among likely voters over 50, with 30% supporting her candidacy and 29% supporting Trump.
Trump leads, with 33% of sure primary voters, but Haley sits close behind with 32%. AP
However, the former president defeated him by 10 percentage points (39% to 29%) among voters 18 to 49.
In a poll where male respondents were slightly overrepresented, 39% of them said they planned to vote for Trump in the primary and 25% planned to vote for Haley.
When women were asked for their vote, Haley came in first with 35% and Trump came in second with 26%.
Chris Christie was the only other candidate to vote in double digits when voters were divided into categories by age or gender, with 16% of voters aged 50 and over supporting his candidacy. Getty Images DeSantis’ support has lagged in New Hampshire as his campaign focused on winning Iowa. AP
Christie was the only other candidate polling in double digits among any of the poll’s subgroups, with 16% of voters 50 and older supporting his candidacy, along with 14% of women and 13% of men.
Haley’s candidacy got a boost earlier this month with the endorsement of New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu. His numbers were also helped by strong performances in the four Republican presidential debates.
He has even outplayed Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup with President Biden.
Among possible primary voters, 18% chose Ramaswamy. Getty Images
Meanwhile, DeSantis’ support has lagged in the Granite State as his campaign focuses on winning Iowa, with the candidate having traveled to all 99 counties in the Hawkeye State ahead of the Jan. 15 caucus.
The American Research Group Inc. poll, conducted Dec. 14-20, surveyed by telephone 600 likely Republican primary voters living in New Hampshire, including 361 registered GOP voters and 239 undeclared voters.
The margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points.
Asked to comment on the poll, the Trump campaign shared a University of Massachusetts-Lowell poll from Dec. 21 that put the former president ahead of Haley by 30 percentage points.
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